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Mental health impact of the war on drugs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

M. Malliori ,
C. Golna ,
K. Souliotis  and
M. L. Kraus
M. Malliori
Affiliation:
Athens University Medical School, Greece, email mmalliori@otenet.gr
C. Golna
Affiliation:
Hepatitis B and C Public Policy Association, Maroussi, Greece, email c.golna@gmail.com
K. Souliotis
Affiliation:
Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Peloponnese, Corinth, Greece, email soulioti@hol.gr
M. L. Kraus
Affiliation:
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, email mlk@wsmgct.com
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Further to the publication by the London School of Economics and Political Science of the report Ending the Drug Wars, this editorial focuses on the mental health impact of the ‘war on drugs' and on the need to end such policies in favour of evidence-based interventions to manage drug dependence as a health condition.

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BJPsych International , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , August 2015 , pp. 53 - 54
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